Sunshade and eyeshield for headgear



y 4, 1954 M. BIGLER SUNSHADE AND EYESHIELD FOR HEADGEAR Filed Dec. 15,1950 IN VEN TOR. 15/6145? ,4

Patented May 4, 1954 SUNSHADE AND EYESHIELD FOR HEADGEAR Max Bigler, NewYork, N. Y., assignor to Viewmaster Corp., New York, N. Y., acorporation of New York Application December 15, 1950, Serial No.201,053

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-10) My invention relates to means for attaching an eyeshield to the vizor or peak of a cap or the like.

One object is to reinforce the eye-shield.

Another object is to provide means for adjustably hinging an eye-shieldto the under side of the vizor of a cap.

Another object is to provide a hinge construction which permits theeye-shield to be folded fiat against the vizor or fiat against the crownof the cap.

Another object is to provide means whereby the eye-shield may be readilymoved to operative or inoperative position.

Another object is to provide a construction in which the eye-shield canbe easily attached or detached and yet which normally holds theeyeshield securely attached.

Another object is to provide an attachment which can be readily made andat low cost.

In its simple and preferred form the invention employs a form of hingeconstruction consisting of two coacting U-shaped spring clips one ofwhich is attached to the vizor and the other is riveted to the frame ofthe eye-shield as shown in the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a side view of a cap with a vizor and eye-shield attachedaccording to my invention, the shield being shown in full lines in itsshielding position and shown in its folded positions in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the combination, with the shieldfolded beneath the edge of the vizor of the cap.

Fig. 3 is a similar view but with the shield folded beneath the edge ofthe crown.

Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the anchor clips and showing a fragmentof the vizor to which it is attached in section and on a greatlyenlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a side view of a hanger and showing in section a fragment ofthe eye-shield to which it is secured.

Fig. 6 is a side view of connected clips as attached to a section of thevizor.

Fig. 7 is a view of the under side of the connected clips as attached toa fragment of the vizor and shield.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on the plane of line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

The body or crown l of the cap; may be of any suitable material andshape. Usually it willbe formed of flexible material which can becrushed or folded for storage. The vizor 2 may be of any suitable shapeand of relatively stiif but flexible material. The eye-shield 3 isformed of a body 4 of transparent material, clear, tinted yellow, greenor otherwise and surrounded by a frame 5. of plastic material.

The eye-shield is connected to the vizor by two hinges, each of whichhas a U-shaped clip 6 secured to the vizor and a complementary hangerclip I secured to the eye-shield.

The clip 6 has a base 8 and two projecting spring jaws 9, 9 spacedapart. This clip is secured to the vizor by an eyelet or a tubular rivetI 0. Each jaw has a central hole or recess l I.

The other clip 1 has an arm l2, one end of which is riveted to theeye-shield 3 by a tubular rivet or eyelet I3 which passes through a holeM in the eye-shield. The frame 5 is clamped between the eyelet head l5and the finger portion I8 extending perpendicularly from the hanger arml2 and abutting the frame 5.

It will be noted that the eyelet head I5 is not parallel to the foot ISAthereof but converges theretowards and inwardly of the shield 3 fromclamping engagement of the frame 5 and arm I 2 to clamping engagement ofthe arm and body 4 only as best shown in Figure 5. The shield 3 is thuswedged in the eyelet 13 against any accidental pull as well as havingits body 4 pierced by the tubular portion of the eyelet and having itsinner border portions confined by the fingers Hi.

The other end of the arm I2 has two spring flanges I1, I! spaced apartand provided with semi-spherical bosses l8, l8 adapted to be sprungbetween the jaws 9, 9, of clips 6 and which fit rotatably in the holesII in the jaws for hinging the eye-shield to the vizor. The corners l9of the flanges I! are set inwardly a little so as to facilitateinsertion of the hanger flanges between the jaws of clip 6.

It will be noted that clips 6 are rotatable under pressure on the vizorso as to adjust them to accommodate the flanges of the hanger clips 1.

The eye-shield is preferably formed of onepiece of flexible sheetplastic material reinforced by the frame. This frame is U-shaped incross section and is formed of a strip of plastic softened so that itmay be applied around the periphery of the shield and cemented in placewith the marginal portion of the body 4 firmly engaged in the bight ofthe U. The ends 20 of the strip are held together and substantialllyconcealed by the head of one of the eyelets of one of the hangers asshown in Fig. 7.

I claim:

In an eyeshield for attachment to the visor of a hat, the combinationwith a body of sheet mawardly of said body, said head portion furtherclampingly and wedgingly engaging said frame at the inner margin of saidframe.

- References Cited in the file of this patent Number UNITED STATESPATENTS Name 7 Date 'Clement ;-Sept. 28, 1937 Fisher Aug. 22, 1950Tannenbaum Sept. 26, 1950 Reiter Dec. 12, 1950 Vaca July 17, 1951

